Re: Error messgae when netbooting - ex0: device timeout

[Jim Thompson <jim%SmallWorks.COM@localhost>]

Allen Briggs writes:
 > On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 11:06:06AM -0500, Jim Thompson wrote:
 > >  > Has anyone looked at ppcboot on the sandpoint?  
 > > (ppcboot.sourceforge.net,
 > >  > I think)  It supposedly supports the sandpoint, but I haven't had a
 > >  > chance to look at it yet.
 > > Yeah, I've looked at it.  The sandpoint support is incomplete (e.g. it
 > > doesn't work).
 > 
 > OK.  Well, that's useful to know.  Is it possible that it supports an
 > older model of the Sandpoint?  Is anyone working on a ROM for the
 > Sandpoint?  Is there any interest in having something other than DINK?

Oh yes.

 > > Does NetBSD support the Sandpoint X3 (with a 8245 in it?)
 > 
 > As far as I know, it hasn't been tried.  I don't see anything obviously
 > incompatible with the 8245 that would prevent it from working, though.
 > I still just have the X2 motherboard with Unity X4 w/ 8240 PMC here.

The interrupt controller is different, the memory controller is
slightly different, and there are 2 16550 UARTs on-chip.

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